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. 2015 Jan 21;92(2):253–264. doi: 10.1007/s11524-014-9932-1

TABLE 2.

Environmental attributes, overall, and according to SES

Total Low SESa High SESb p
Objective measures
 Residential density (number/km2)c 1330 (431) 1310 (359) 1351 (492) <0.1
 Intersection density (number/km2)d 54.3 (25.8) 55.6 (23.7) 52.9 (27.7) <0.05
 Land use mixe 0.56 (0.16) 0.58 (0.15) 0.54 (0.17) <0.001
 Net retail area ratio (%)f 22.3 (13.8) 21.9 (12.6) 22.8 (15.0) ns
Perceived measures (range 1–4)
 Access to destinations 3.07 (0.77) 3.04 (0.76) 3.10 (0.78) ns
 Neighborhood esthetics 2.84 (0.63) 2.68 (0.65) 3.01 (0.57) <0.001
 Walking infrastructure 2.89 (0.53) 2.85 (0.52) 2.92 (0.55) <0.05
 Traffic/barriers not a problem 2.90 (0.63) 2.81 (0.63) 2.98 (0.62) <0.001
 Crime safety 2.84 (0.63) 2.67 (0.63) 3.02 (0.57) <0.001

Results are shown in mean (SD)

aLow: IRSD <951

bHigh: IRSD ≥951

cThe density of dwellings in residential area within the 1 km buffer area

dThe density of intersections (3-way or more) within the 1 km buffer area

eEntropy value based on the size of residential, retail, and recreational land uses

fThe proportion of total retail floor area to total retail parcel area within the 1 km buffer area